"Consciousness Expansion Score Movie Rehearsal 2": From October, 2020, to October 2021, I built, in conjunction with some other people, an extension onto my house - primarily to double the size of my (M)Usic Room.  I also made multiple movies documenting this project - including my uses of the room when it was done.  I reduced a massive amount of footage into what I call a "Score Movie" with the intention of having the movie be the score for the production of its sound track.  This was the 2nd rehearsal of the score, the 1st one with the full group: Ben Opie: alto sax, percussion; tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: keyboard, electronics, percussion, schalmei; Jeff Weston: contrabass, percussion; Eric Lipsky: cello, percussion; Devin Sherman: guitar, percussion.  The piece's uniqueness, for me, is its translation of physical labor to expression markings.  The purpose isn't to produce program music, it isn't to produce illustrative music to reinforce the action of the movie.  Instead, its purpose is to create a parallel experience that contributes to the notion of Consciousness Expansion.  All in all, I must compliment the players on taking the piece so seriously & on their phenomenal musicianship.  The piece is still rough at this stage but I find it strangely beautiful - as if it's ecstatic discimbobulated urban whirling dervish music played by paying rapt attention to the construction of one's environment (which it is).  - May 18, 2022E.V. notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE 

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